BrahMos missiles to be manufactured at facility between Lucknow, Kanpur

Kanpur, Sept 16: Strengthening the defence sector in Uttar Pradesh, the next-generation BrahMos missiles would be manufactured in UP’s Defence Corridor at a facility between Lucknow and Kanpur. With the land being finalized finally, it would be handed over to the DRDO by the end of this month, said Satish Mahana, Minister for industrial development.

 

 

In August, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) had asked the UP government for 200 acres of land for the project and around ₹300 crores would be invested in its first phase. "The government will not charge for the land. It will be given to the DRDO at a token amount of Re 1. In all probability, we will be giving away the land by the month-end," he added.

 

 

About 500 engineers and technical people will get direct employment in the BrahMos production centre, which will be built by investing Rs 300 crore on the land to be allotted at Lucknow node. About 5,000 people will get indirect employment and 10,000 people will get work through the production centre.

 

 

Mahana had met BrahMos Aerospace’s CEO and MD Sudhir Kumar Misra in a letter to UPEIDA CEO and Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Awanish Awasthi sought 200 acres of land for the project in the Defence Corridor for setting up its BrahMos missile plant. It was stated that more than 100 BrahMos missiles are planned to be built in the next three years. Due to the BrahMos production centre, many other well-known companies working in the defence sector in the UP Defence Corridor will come to the state.

 

 

Brahmos supersonic cruise missile is considered one of the most lethal weapons, which flies at a speed of 3.5 mach (or 4,300 km per hour) having a range of 290 km. The missile was tested successfully last year in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.